Iranian delegation visits Syria

A parliamentary delegation left for Syria and Lebanon on Saturday to examine the situation there.

The team of Iranian legislators left Tehran early Saturday, said Mansour Haqiqatpour who sits on the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran’s Majlis. [2]

The delegation is headed by chairman of the committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi[3], and it also includes members of the Defense Subcommittee, the lawmaker added.

On Wednesday, spokesman for the committee Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said that the delegation will travel to Damascus under any circumstances, even if a military attack is launched against the crisis-hit Arab state.

Naqavi Hosseini stated that the mission aims to assess the situation in Syria, and to voice Tehran’s support for the Syrian government and nation following US war threats against the Arab country.

The Western members of the UNSC have been pushing for a resolution on the use of force while Russia and China are strongly opposed to any attack on Syria. Iran, among a number of other countries, has warned against the ramifications of a military strike against Syria, saying that the fallout from a military action would engulf the entire region.